Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a background in urgent/emergency care triage? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our amiable and professional nursing and medical team at Lewes Urgent Treatment Centre!
Our Centres are dedicated to providing urgent and unscheduled care to the Lewes community and surrounding areas, operating from 08:00 to 20:00 hours, seven days a week.
This is a particularly thrilling time to become a part of our team. We have established an Urgent and Emergency Clinical Reference Group to explore innovative ways to enhance our staffing models, clinical pathways, training, and supervision. This initiative aims to ensure all our staff are well-supported and equipped to deliver the highest quality of care.
As a Triage Nurse, you will:
* Join a collaborative and supportive team of professionals committed to excellence in patient care.
* Play a crucial role in delivering high-quality urgent and emergency care to our community.
* Benefit from ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
* Contribute to shaping the future of our urgent care services through the Clinical Reference Group
Main duties of the job
At the Urgent Treatment Centre, your responsibilities will include triaging, evaluating, and prioritising patients upon arrival, ensuring they receive safe, efficient, and effective care within a set target time. You must maintain a composed and confident presence, demonstrating outstanding nursing and communication abilities, as well as the ability to effectively manage and prioritise workloads.
If you are a dedicated and compassionate nurse with triage experience and a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you. This is your chance to join a forward-thinking team and be at the forefront of urgent care innovation.
Furthermore, the role involves identifying and redirecting patients who fulfill defined criteria and would be more appropriately treated by alternative services elsewhere.
Job responsibilities
As a member of the team works co-operatively with the multi-disciplinary team, ensures the effective and safe delivery of nursing care ensuring the highest possible standards of care received by patients and their carers while in the unit. Works in a streaming capacity assess patients on arrival to the Unit and prioritising them according to clinical need and streaming to the appropriate service within the Unit. Works within agreed boundaries of practice giving support, guidance, supervision for staff nurses students and receptionists for the unit. Developing skills and knowledge to assess, plan and deliver care, refer to relevant speciality or outside agencies supported by the Emergency Nurse Practitioner on duty as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
* Completed and obtained RN and has current live PIN on NMC register
* Triage/First Contact Module
* Physical Assessment of Adults
Experience
* Post qualifying experience in an acute environment
* Experience in critical care/emergency care
* Evidence of developing interpersonal skills
* Experience in supervision of student nurses/allied health professionals
* Triage and prioritising care
Skill/Knowledge
* Evidence of understanding and insight into current issues in nursing and NHS
* Aware of responsibilities in relation to NMC Professional Code of Conduct
* Competent in recording and interpreting physical vital signs
* Basic Life support
* Able to record ECG's
* IT literate
* Application of Plaster of Paris
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum / Pro-rata
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
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